Public art
Miami Beach artist Charo Oquet wins Bass Museum commission for temporary monument
The commission, the second in the Bass’s ‘New Monuments’ series, will be installed in Collins Park in spring 2022
Mass public art programme kicks off in Doha before Fifa World Cup
Works by Tom Claassen, Bruce Nauman and Isa Genzken are among the first of the initiative’s 40 sculptures to be installed
Giant tribute to the Queen gets green light—but locals call 55m-high sculpture ‘invasive’
Artist Simon Hitchens says work planned for Northumberland moor is "inspired by the rugged and undulating landscape" but local campaign group says it is too "industrial"
Installations and murals by Ugo Rondinone and Pae White to be unveiled in major revamp of London's Paddington station
The regeneration scheme includes a building designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano that has been dubbed the “ice cube”
Jon Isherwood's marble sculptures usher feeling of community on New York's most famous street
Eight sculptures, depicting various gigantic blooming flowers, give viewers the chance to interact with public art, and with each other
What happens to art after it's destroyed?
After a sculpture in her care accidentally burnt to the ground, Jes Fernie decided to explore how the "meaning of an artwork can change" through the Archive of Destruction
Cristina Iglesias creates new cave-like sculpture for Malta's first contemporary art museum
Commissioned work—currently on view in a public garden in Valetta—will move to the Malta International Contemporary Art Space sculpture garden after it opens in 2023
Vancouver Biennale seeks donor to purchase $2m headless sculptures for the city
Only five of Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Headless Walking Figures remain outside City Hall, as demand for the artist’s work has grown
City of London U-turn on historic statues means slave trader sculptures will stay in place
William Beckford and John Cass figures will be "retained and explained", as recommended by the UK government
A year-long public art project takes over all four corners of Toronto as it reawakens from pandemic closures
Could an equivalent of wrapping the Arc de Triomphe happen in the UK? Not likely under our current leadership
Christo's posthumously realised project benefitted from France having a mature understanding of the importance of culture
Custard Apple, breadfruit and soursop sculptures honouring the Windrush generation unveiled in east London
Veronica Ryan's marble and bronze works are the first in a series of monuments dedicated to the Caribbean people who arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1971
Five-metre-tall fountain pen sculpture by Michael Craig-Martin unveiled in Oxford
Artist says the work at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government is the ‘most daring of all my sculptures’
National Gallery of Australia commissions its most expensive ever piece of art
Lindy Lee's A$14m sculpture will be one of the country's first environmentally sustainable public works
Percent for art programme to expand into Los Angeles county’s unincorporated areas
A civic ordinance in effect from October sets aside 1% of building projects for arts and culture programmes
Art on the move: Kasmin brings kinetic artist George Rickey’s monumental sculptures to Manhattan
Rickey’s moving sculptures will be on view along the Park Avenue Mall and the gallery’s rooftop garden
Destination Crenshaw commissions its first group of Black artists to create new works in Los Angeles
The $100m public art and community improvement project will launch with new sculptures by Kehinde Wiley, Melvin Edwards, Alison Saar, Brenna Youngblood and more
Vancouver public sculpture is for the birds no more
Stacked car installation that became a roost for local pigeons and starlings—and was covered by their poo—will be restored and eventually relocated
Joe Average unveils new mural honouring the fight against Aids in Vancouver
Marking the 40th anniversary of the first reported cases of the disease in the US, the Canadian artist and activist expands his One World, One Hope design to a city-sized work
Watch Christo's last work in action: the wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe is being filmed live
The ambitious project has been around 60 years in the making
Queen Victoria statue defrocked after ex-politician Nigel Farage blasts public art project addressing UK’s slavery history
Right-wing commentator says he is "tired of this endless conversation about the UK's complicity with slavery"
Fourth suicide shuts down New York’s towering Vessel yet again
Critics fault developers for not raising the barriers around the steps of the spiralling 150ft-tall structure to prevent deaths
That’s a wrap: artist Osman Yousefzada envelops Selfridges department store in a giant canvas
Art trail in Birmingham shop also explores migration and identity—but will visitors notice?
Footballer Marcus Rashford 'on verge of tears' after messages of support cover his Manchester mural vandalised by racist graffiti
Public artwork honouring the Black Manchester United forward was defaced within hours of England's Euros loss on Sunday
Sotheby's will sell Christo's preparatory works for Arc de Triomphe wrap
Proceeds from exhibition will go towards funding the monumental Paris project
Vancouver Biennale opens a bridge into the digital world
Voxel Bridge, by the Colombian artist Jessica Angel, turns a venerable piece of city infrastructure into a hybrid immersive art work
Angela Two Stars is the first Indigenous artist to install work in Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Recovering from controversy, the Walker Art Center has commissioned the Minnesota artist to create a labyrinth-like installation that celebrates the Dakota language as a way to heal the community and the land
A ghost forest and a predator: New York public art grows a conscience
New sculptures in the city by Maya Lin and Sam Durant are not just pretty
Rivers of time: conceptual artist brings a new approach to Atlanta
Jonathan Keats's municipal clock will follow the pace of the city's rivers